Official Publication of Hope Lutheran Church, Cedar Hill, TX January, 2013 Volume XXVIII Issue 1

Church 972.291.7902

Fax 972.291.9003

Pastors Joel & Wendy Berthelsen pastor.joel@sbcglobal.net

pastor.wendy@sbcglobal.net

Choir Director Andrew Trites

novelquest@yahoo.com

Director of Youth

Matt Cleaver matt.cleaver.hope@gmail.com

Organist

Sanctuary Choir Accompanist Youth Choir Accompanist

Cathy Peterson rpete123@flash.net

Secretary

Karine Samer hopesecretary@sbcglobal.net

Heralds Editor Karine Samer

hopesecretary@sbcglobal.net

Church Council

Officers President

Tammy Hill - 972.617.7264

President-Elect Ty Robenson - 972.723.9023

Secretary

Nancy Yedlowski 972.2793-1179

Members at Large Dwight Bengtson

972.515.8162 Carrie Hamilton -

972.775.3019 Bryan Pender - 972.775.1065 Lezlie Pender- 972.775.1065

Janice Wessa 972-617-7112

Appointees Treasurer

Kathy Still - 972.293.8016 Financial Secretary

Joe Liberatore - 972.742.4605

How Beautiful

By Twilla Paris, Nativity words adapted by Pastor Joel

How Beautiful, the hands that held

The finger of daddy before taking the nails

How beautiful, the feet that waved

That sprawled, in the air before stomping the grave

How Beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the son of God

How Beautiful, the lips that cooed

Cooing to Mary before calming typhoons

How beautiful, the tender eyes

That would choose to forgive and never despise

How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the son of God

And as He took up this life

We lay down all our life

That we will live just as He died

Willing to pay the price

Willing to pay the price

How Beautiful, the radiant face

Of shepherds and town folk recounting the grace

How Beautiful, leaving riches of heav’

Becoming our frame to raise up our dead

How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the son of God

How beautiful, the feet that bring

The sound of good news and the love of the King

How Beautiful, the hands that serve

The wine and the bread and the sons of the Earth

How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the son of God

Mission Statement: To discover and respond to our call

TO KNOW JESUS TO FOLLOW JESUS TO SERVE JESUS in unique ministries.

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Many were blessed by the Spirit-

filled ministry of Rev. Dr. Ge-

mechis Buba at our recent Mis-

sion Summit. The Hope Council

has committed to sponsoring one

of the broadcasts of his media

ministry. With just $100 per week, we can

reach millions for Christ. You may sponsor

more than one week or give a gift of $50 or

$100 to support one broadcast. You may also

give a larger honorary gift towards the total

need of $20,600 which supports several

broadcasts that are streamed not only to

Ethiopia, but all over Africa and are even

available all over the world. Designate your

gifts to “Rev. Buba Media Ministry.”

Hope Lutheran Church has a Group on Facebook. Are you a participant in Facebook? Kathy

Longstreet created a group for Hope and (for now) is the administrator. She has invited those

members of Hope who are her Facebook friends to join. Please respond by saying “yes,” and

perhaps we can use this as one of the forms of communication to members – and the surrounding

community. If you have not been invited to join, after you log into Facebook, type in

“Hope Lutheran Church” in the line that says “search for people, places and things,”

and request to be added to the group.

Adult Education

January’s adult classes will focus on encouraging all

to dig into the scripture using the “Chronological Bi-

ble” as a source. (For those who do not have a

Chronological Bible, the readings will be posted each

month in our Heralds newsletter. Also posted is a

link to the entire year’s readings.)

Looking at this month’s readings in the newsletter

you will notice four underlined dates. These are Sun-

days. We will use Sunday the readings as a focus for

each respective Sunday’s study.

January 06 Video on the archaeological dig going

on in Sodom and Gomorra.

January 13 What we learn from the genealogies of

the Bible.

January 20 Video on book of Job.

January 27 The character of Job.

Note: I will be out of town January 06th at a wedding

of our very close friend’s son, in Minnesota, thus we

will watch a video on that day. Secondly, Wendy and

I will be in Hawaii celebrating our 1983-2013 wed-

ding anniversary on the January 20th Sunday, thus the

video that day.

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Chronological Bible January Schedule

Jan 01 GENESIS 1:1-3:24 Jan 02 GENESIS 4:1-5:32 1 CHRONICLES 1:1-4 GENESIS 6:1-22 Jan 03 GENESIS 7:1-10:5 1 CHRONICLES 1:5-7 GENESIS 10:6-20 1 CHRONICLES 1:8-16 GENESIS 10:21-30 1 CHRONICLES 1:17-23 GENESIS 10:31-32 Jan 04 GENESIS 11:1-26 1 CHRONICLES 1:24-27 GENESIS 11:27-14:24 Jan 05 GENESIS 15:1-17:27 Jan 06 GENESIS 18:1-21:7 Jan 07 GENESIS 21:8-23:20 GENESIS 11:32 GENESIS 24:1-67 Jan 08 GENESIS 25:1-4 1 CHRONICLES 1:32-33 GENESIS 25:5-6 GENESIS 25:12-18 1 CHRONICLES 1:28-31 1 CHRONICLES 1:34 GENESIS 25:19-26 GENESIS 25:7-11 Jan 09 GENESIS 25:27-28:5 Jan 10 GENESIS 28:6-30:24 Jan 11 GENESIS 30:25-31:55 Jan 12 GENESIS 32:1-35:27

Jan 13 GENESIS 36:1-19 1 CHRONICLES 1:35-37 GENESIS 36:20-30 1 CHRONCLES 1:38-42 GENESIS 36:31-43 1 CHRONICLES 1:43-2:2 Jan 14 GENESIS 37:1-38:30 1 CHRONICLES 2:3-6 1 CHRONICLES 2:8 GENESIS 39:1-23 Jan 15 GENESIS 40:1-23 GENESIS 35:28-29 GENESIS 41:1-57 Jan 16 GENESIS 42:1-45:15 Jan 17 GENESIS 45:16-47:27 Jan 18 GENESIS 47:28-50:26 Jan 19 JOB 1:1-4:21 Jan 20 JOB 5:1-7:21 Jan 21 JOB 8:1-11:20 Jan 22 JOB 12:1-14:22 Jan 23 JOB 15:1-18:21 Jan 24 JOB 19:1-21:34 Jan 25 JOB 22:1-25:6 Jan 26 JOB 26:1-29:25 Jan 27 JOB 30:1-31:40 Jan 28 JOB 32:1-34:37 Jan 29 JOB 35:1-37:24 Jan 30 JOB 38:1-40:5 Jan 31 JOB 40:6-42:17

http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com/readingplan/

oneyearchronologicalbiblereadingplan.pdf

.pdf

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The poinsettias lending their beauty to the

Sanctuary during the

Christmas service have be

given by:

The Foster Family

The Janke Family

The Juergens Family

The Liberatore Family

The Moltz Family

Valerie Peterson

The Pleasants Family

The Strand Family

Andrew Trites

The York Family

January 27 Semi-Annual Meeting

Our January semi-annual meeting this year will be on January 27th, just after the 10:00 AM worship service.

The primary focus of the meeting is to pass a budget for 2013.

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Wednesday evenings at 6:15PM Quiet meditative

prayer & worship beginning at 6:15PM; Holy Com-

munion at 7:00PM; Come whenever you are able.

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful

for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training

in righteousness, so that the servant of God

may be thoroughly equipped for every good

work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Timothy Project Bible Study will get started on

Wednesday at 7:15PM. All newcomers are

welcome! No Bible knowledge or Bible Study

experience is needed! For those who are inter-

ested quiet meditative prayer and worship be-

gin at 6:15PM with Holy Communion at

7:00PM.

We will continue our indepth study of the four

Gospels (studying them over a three-year pe-

riod).

In addition to our study together, we learn to

listen for our living Lord in His word. We

learn a simple, faithful, thorough study

method. Overall, we hope to get to know Jesus

who is still alive and is living and active in His

word.

As we get to know Jesus better, we will grow

in walking in conformity with Him and His

call more and more day by day. We always can

get to know Him better. We always can be

taught new things by Him. We will hear Him

speak to us together this year. We will be

equipped to serve Him more effectively. I

need all of this and look forward to growing

with you. Invite newcomers in and outside of

our church gathering.

Continue Giving: Designated

Fund Established

Bible School …Evangelical Ethiopian

Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY)

You may continue to give offerings for the

establishment of a Bible School in order to

train leaders in the Northern region of Ethio-

pia which is largely Muslim. We collected

about $1500 in offerings for this need during

the Mission Summit when were honored to

have Rev. Dr. Gemechis Buba powerfully

share the Gospel with us. Rev. Buba is the

Missions Director of the North American Lu-

theran Church which along with Lutheran

Congregations in Mission for Christ is part-

nering in mission efforts with the EECMY.

The total need for the Bible School is about

$15,000. Other churches from both the NALC

and LCMC will share in this effort. Please

prayerfully consider how you might give and

don’t forget to designate for this need on your

offering envelope.

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GOD’S HOUSEKEEPERS

December issues carrying over:

The entry into our parking lot from Straus Road remains on the docket.

The water fountain by the restrooms has had no one offer any input as to the lack of water pressure.

The bench by the front door remains on the docket.

The choir room was not cleaned however the file cabinet request still stands. If anyone has any file cabinets for

donation, they would be greatly appreciated.

While cleaning the inside of the fellowship hall area windows, Candy Moltz noticed some of the seals are broken

and the windows are discolored. Several of the windows need replacing. Exterior windows were cleaned by

Candy and a sidekick. Thanks, Candy.

The roof gutters are in need of a cleaning. They are filled with leaves and debris. Is this something “we” can do

or should we consider hiring someone as it involves height & ladders?

Some areas addressed in November:

Clay York trimmed the tree and shrub concerns. A crew was hired to carry away the debris.

December happenings:

Bill and Judy Knoll donated the new kitchen range. Lynn and Pat Foster removed the old range and deliv-

ered the new one.

There are a number of books and

DVDs missing from Hope’s church

library carts. When cleaning up after

the holidays, please give a second look

for the books and DVDs and when

you have finished them please return

them to their carts. Thank you so

much.

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CHURCH PROPERTY

Property Coordinator: Debbie Rushbrook, cell number: 214-498-6732

Indoor Lighting (inside light bulbs): Bill Knoll

Outdoor Lighting(outside bulbs): OPEN

Electric Systems/Fans: Wayne Wooley

Sanctuary Sound System: Scott & Kristine Clark

HVAC: Clay York

Change HVAC Filters: Clay York

Telephone: Carl Metzger

Appliances: Clay York

Furniture/Cabinet Repair: Bill Burleson

Small Engine Maintenance: Clay York

Gas/Oil Buyer: Clay York

Keys: Karine Samer

Computer Hardware/Software Maintenance: Carl Metzger

Carpentry/Handyman Tasks/Basic Maintenance: Leroy Linder, Clay York

(including playground)

Plumbing: Wayne Wooley

Piano/Organ: Cathy Peterson

Extermination/Bugs: Bob Wessa

Lawn Mowers/Edgers: Mike Purkiss, Jack Trousdale, David

Mar jonen, Zelda Gates, Ty Roberson

Touch-up Painting: Bill Knoll

Gardens: Cathy Peterson-front sign

Cathy Peterson-flowerbed by A/C units

Barbara York Kathy Still Mark Hill(Shrub

trimming)

Food Pantry delivery Grover & Lillian Radke

Organization of Clean-up Days(if needed): OPEN

Periodic Cleaning of Gutters: Ty Roberson (small section)

Carpet Cleaning: Lynn & Pat Foster

Kitchen: Mary Strand & Jan Koska

Hymnal Maintenance: Zelda Gates

Attic: OPEN

Windows: OPEN

Choir Robe Cleaning: Diane Pleasants

Nursery Toys/Room: OPEN

Sanctuary Preparation (chairs/hymnals): Zelda Gates

Christmas Tree: Jill Heyerdahl & youth

Sunday School Resource Room: OPEN

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Prayers and Words of Encouragement

Send Us Your Favorite or

Most Significant Bible Verses

Each month we are featuring, in the Hope Women’s

Page, Bible Verses that the ladies of Hope consider

a favorite or as significant in their lives. We would

like you to share your verses with our readers.

Please send your verses to Karine Samer at hopese-

cretary@sbcglobal.net or leave it in her mail box at

church.

Our homebound members and friends enjoy

visits, calls and cards. Please take a few min-

utes out for those who can no longer get out

Homebound Residents

Recovering at home ~

John Berthelsen (Pastor Joel’s Dad)

10185 12th Ave East

Kellogg, IA 50135-8575

Donna Hackney

5581 Joe Wilson Road

Midlothian, TX 76065-4515

972.723.0481

tteach200@prodigy.net

Stephanie Juergens

2108 Rainwood Court

Arlington, TX 76017-4551

stephaniejuergens@gmail.com

Nancy Yedlowski

809 Angel Street

Cedar Hill, Texas 75104-6009

972.293.1179

nyedlowski@aol.com

These members appreciate your prayers and

words of encouragement.

Marian Black

Horizon Bay

355 W. Westchester Pkwy, #A207

Grand Prairie, TX 75052

214.235.0371

Marv Christensen

812 Vince Lane

DeSoto, TX 75115-4410

972.223.5172

Email address: marvinchristensen@att.net

Fran Christensen

Park Manor

207 E. Parkerville Road Rm. #211

DeSoto, TX 75115-6251

(Continued at the top of the page.)

January Anniversaries

Craig & Karen Mitchell 1/04

Paul & Jan Koska 1/22

(Continued from the bottom of the page.)

Norman & Lynn Emmons

2210 Stafford Drive

Arlington, Texas 76012-4141

817.461.4540

Email address: n-emmons@sbcglobal.net

Joanna Snow

Mailing Address: 21 Devon Court

Mansfield, Texas 76063-4890

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Matthew 6:33-24 ~ 33 But seek first his kingdom

and his righteousness, and all these things will be given

to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomor-

row, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day

has enough trouble of its own.

Contributor: Valerie Peterson

December Birthdays

Adreana Lidle-Shead 1/01

Janet Savins 1/01

Abby Letternmaier 1/02

Marian Black 1/08

Carole Slaten 1/07

Barbara York 1/07

George Nelson 1/09

C J Jarrett 1/10

Doug Heyerdahl 1/11

Kathy Still 1/22

Cathy Peterson 1/12

Sophie Petrichenko 1/14

Blake Standerfer 1/14

Katelyn Johnson 1/15

Bonnie Navarro 1/15

Candy Moltz 1/21

Jacob Kalsnes 1/22

Steve Kenyon 1/22

Brenda Kenyon 1/23

Bob Weir 1/24

Leah Tietge 1/26

Jan Koska 1/24

Keith Pleasants 1/28

Kyle Pleasants 1/29

Heather Nichols 1/30

INVESTING IN THE KINGDOM:

Offerings minus Expenses…

Actual YTD: $5,243

Budgeted YTD Income: -$3,812

Overall Balance for operations: $33,020(Cash

less liabilities) (11/30/2012).

The Ladies’ Christmas brunch was a success! The

Ladies of Hope and their guests enjoyed a beauti-

fully decorated event with good food, wonderful

fellowship, and lovely music. The silent auction

provided $912 which we will be sending to our

missionaries in January 2013. Of course, we’ll be

happy to take any donations you would like to

make before we mail the money.

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Sunday Schedule:

Sunday School (All Ages) Dec. 9 & 18 ~

9:00 AM

Worship ~ 10:00 AM

Wednesday Night Schedule:

Pizza Dinner ($3 per person) 5:45 PM

Confirmation 6:15 PM

Wed. Quiet Prayer Service 6:15 PM

High School 6:30 PM

Tim Project Bible Study 7:15 PM

Choir 7:30 PM

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 Prayer at

Church 10PM

5

6 7 8 Faith Circle

7:30 PM

9 10 11Prayer at

Church 10PM

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13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 Martin Lu-

ther King Jr.

22 24 25Prayer at

Church 10PM

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27Congregati

onal Meeting

28 29 30 31

Prayer & Fasting

Pastors Joel & Wendy ...

are out of town.

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Memorials and Designated Giving Below is a list of designated funds at Hope used to pay for expenses or support ministries not included in our an-

nual budget. You may donate to an of the funds below by designating your offering or memorial to the appropri-

ate fund. Numbers below are as of 11/30/2012.

Fund Name Purpose Balance

Do-

nated

YTD

Altar Guild Extra expenses related to worship not covered in monthly operating

budget. Examples of items bought are new altar paraments and banners.

$ 1,872 $ 345

Bereavement Pay for food for funerals. $ 357 $ 0

Briarwood Sent directly to Briarwood Retreat Center, the camping ministry of our

synod, to support their ministry and operations. This fund balance is kept

at zero. Money is sent in as it is received.

$

$

0

$ 0

Cedar Hill Food

Pantry

Sent directly to the Cedar Hill Food Pantry. This fund balance is kept at

zero. Money is sent in as it is received.

$

$

0

$ 666

Computer

Upgrades

Upgrade computer equipment, including the computer in the sanctuary

used for Sunday morning PowerPoint.

$ 14 $ 0

Council Used at the discretion of the Church Council. $ 2,275 $ 4000

Council-

Outreach

Used at the discretion of the Church Council for outreach. $ 351 $ 0

Ethiopia To establish a Bible School to train leaders in the North region of

Ethiopia.

$ 1,491 $ 1491

Front sign

Flowerbed

Maintain and improve the area around the front church sign. $ 622 $ 0

Library Purchase new books as needed. $ 61 $ 50

Lutheran World

Relief

Sent directly to Lutheran World Relief to support their ministry and opera-

tions. This fund balance is kept at zero. Money is sent in as it is received.

$ 0 $ 917

Rev Buba Me-

dia Ministry

Support Rev. Buba media ministry which reaches millions for Christ in

Africa.

$ 0 $ 2482

Ministry

Development

Develop new ministries at our church. For instance, this Fund was used to

send people to Stephen’s Ministry training.

$ 183 $ 0

Sierra Leone Sent directly to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone to sup-

port their ministry and operations. This fund balance is kept at zero.

Money is sent in as it is received.

$

0

$ 0

Sunday School-

missions

Used to support Nedie, a thirteen year old girl from Haiti that we have

supported for many, many years through Compassion International. Our

commitment is $38 a month.

$ 524 $ 1000

Youth

General

General youth ministry expenses. Often used to give scholarships to youth

who cannot afford to attend certain events.

$ 95 $ 611

Youth

Mission

Supports the cost of the summer youth mission trip. $ 187 $ 427

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Lutheran

Church 917 Straus Road

Cedar Hill Texas 75104

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